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American classical scholar

Dan-el Padilla Peralta (also Dan-el Padilla) is an associate professor of classics at Princeton who researches and teaches the Roman Republic and early Empire, as well as classical reception in contemporary American and Latin American cultures.^[1] An immigrant from the Dominican Republic, he rose from poverty and homelessness to show promise, according to one faculty member, as "one of the best classicists to emerge in his generation."^[2]

Childhood and early education

Padilla and his family entered the United States legally in 1989, when Padilla was four years old.^[2][3] Padilla's father returned to the Dominican Republic while his mother remained, raising Padilla and his infant brother in homeless shelters in New York City.^[4] Padilla's younger brother, Yando, is a United States citizen by virtue of his birth in the United States.^[5]

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